high drama

noun

: a very exciting and dramatic event or events
a moment of high drama

Examples of high drama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Naturally, her exit came with a dose of high drama: fans sobbing, fireworks bursting, and a ragtime-esque outro from a live jazz band. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2024 At that moment of high drama, one environmental protester in the audience after another got to their feet and began to fulminate about the climate. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024 OpenAI might win more loyalty from its customers or trust from regulators by opening up, but Altman has said the company didn’t lose any clients during its two weeks of high drama and generally has been greeted warmly by political leaders. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024 Chang provides one sort of dark laughs and Jin provides both high drama and a broader sort of comedy, since his character is stuck dealing with the apocalypse in red boxer-briefs and shiny galoshes for much of the series. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2023 Fast-paced and well-acted, the show is brutal, fascinating and full of high drama. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024 That’s a dryly academic way of putting something that Willie, with his enviable oratorical powers, transforms into the stuff of excoriating comedy and high drama. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023 If nothing else, the amos siblings agree on the high drama of their shared tale. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023 This is not a film of high drama or massive arcs of change. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023

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“High drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20drama. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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